Report: HORSE competition featuring NBA stars in the works

The NBA is working with ESPN to produce a televised HORSE competition featuring several high-profile players, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Players would presumably compete in their respective home gyms in order to abide by the league's isolation protocols, Wojnarowski adds.

Details of the event haven't been finalized yet.

HORSE involves players attempting different kinds of shots. If the first player's shot is made, the next player has to replicate it or they receive a letter. The first player to spell out the word "horse" loses.

The NBA has featured a HORSE competition before, introducing it as an All-Star Weekend event during the 2008-09 campaign. Kevin Durant won the competition in back-to-back years before the event was disbanded in 2011.

Other ideas, including a potential exhibition game, have been floated by the NBA since the league was forced to suspend its regular season indefinitely last month due to the coronavirus pandemic.